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Thursday, 22 November 2012

Sisters - Sepia Saturday

Alan's photo this week shows two young girls who I assumed were sisters until I saw their names.

So my apologies to Lala Williams and Elgie Crook but "sisters" will be my theme; not two but three.

Princesses Alla, Nona and Kora Ukhtomsky

St Petersburg, Russia 1912

(By Olga Zavyalova - CC BY 2.0)

Three sisters that have stood the test of time are these in New South Wales, Australia.

The Three Sisters

Blue Mountain National Park, NSW

(By DooMMeeR - CC BY 3.0)

I thought of including the Scissor Sisters too, until I found out there are more than three of them and only one (I think) is a woman. I settled for LaVerne, Patty and Maxene instead but felt a bit sheepish when this photo turned up.

The Andrews Sisters

A Bluefaced Leicester ewe and her triplets in a lambing pen - March 2006

(By Paul - CC BY 2.0)

Somehow I don't think they would have been in such close harmony as LaVerne, Patty and Maxene.

The Andrew Sisters

Accompanied byHarry James and his Music Makers, singing "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me") in the 1942 film Private Buckaroo.

(Universal Pictures Company)

Appropriately enough one of their songs with Harry James was this:

However I'm told that sisters don't always get along with one another and may even come to blows.

The Bennett Sisters boxing - between 1910 and 1915

(Library of Congress - George Grantham Bain Collection)

As I don't have any sisters I can't vouch for this, but I do remember George Clooney's aunt.

Sisters - Rosemary Clooney.

Now you've seen the trouble Lala and Elgie have landed me in, it's time for you to step across and check out where others went at Sepia Saturday 153

Two points came to mind when I saw the theme - my mother and aunt (two very close sisters) and also the British singing trio the Beverley Sisters with their song "Sisters". I enjoyed your interpretation of the theme, especially the lambs. My favourite photograph the three Russian sisters in such magnificent hats.

Are the three sisters at the top leaning to make room for their overly large hats? Enjoyed all your trios. I love old music, so especially enjoyed The Andrews Sisters and Rosemary Clooney. In fact, I've had the song Sisters in my head all week because of this prompt!

Lots of interesting sisters here! I could have used some boxing sisters for my post, I think. Since I have a great sister myself, I always sing along with Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen (although she didn't do her own singing). Another good sister song that we sing is "Miss Celie's Blues" from "The Color Purple."